> You need to earn 500k for a handful of years, save vigorously, and you're done. Am I missing something? How many people make $500k/yr, but live like they mak

> You need to earn 500k for a handful of years, save vigorously, and you're done. Am I missing something? How many people make $500k/yr, but live like they make $80k/yr? Lifestyle inflation is a real thing. Even if you aren't just accumulating junk, you aren't going to live in a bad neighborhood if you don't have to, right? Might want to start buying organic food, might want to drive a nicer car and wear nicer clothes? The richer you get, the definition of "nicer" changes.